On the prom

 Another delayed walk...but we got to promenade on the promenade!

Busy cleaning the beach after the winter storms, ready for the tourists 

People are mucky....

And the sea throws everything over the green stretch between the houses and the prom as well!

Oystercatchers...no oysters here 

The rain missed us....just!

It was a trifle windy..so we walked against the wind to start with, to get a tailwind back to the car!

As I write the wind has risen further and it is still raining....but there is hope for a walk tomorrow morning.

Beach walk

Runrig!!

Walking with friends

 I am getting a bit of flare, it was so bright...and I am learning to use the phone still!!

It looks like Storm Babet will not affect us too badly, as we are on the West of Scotland...but we are returning a day later than planned as the ferry was fully booked!

Not that an extra day here is a hardship...

Going to the beach?

 After the road race we headed north on the 3...the idea was to find somewhere for a ride.

The sun got hotter...and the wind blew harder...so after finding the place to park at Waverly Beach, we had a walk.

We found a cove and a rock and (iron rich) black sand.

Then just inland a council campsite and toilets.. everything spotless and tidy.

It was quiet....apart from the wind...and the birds...

Then we retraced our steps to the car...

Nearly losing our hats on the way...

I think the road down to the beach there is weather damaged...tractors only.....

Then home from there...but if we go there again, apparently the beach next over from the cove toward Whanganui is better!

Hilltop and beach

 

I have ridden up this hill in the past...but today we parked at Brunswick and rode out on one No Exit road...and back...and to the top of the hill...and back!! 

Easy rides are the rule!!

Australian gum trees...huge ones!!

Then to the beach at Mowhanau...also called Kai Iwi beach, and this is where the Kai Iwi stream meets the black volcanic sand and the sea

I wonder how that black sand would behave in a glaze????

With friends

 Before our friends left on their way home to the Outer Hebrides, we had a morning together...brunch in a café and a walk on the beach at Greenan Shore.

Over to Arran

Looking back to Ayr

That is Pirate on the right. For scale!